matting

Plural: mattings

Noun

• A coarse woven fabric, often used as floor covering.
• a covering of coarse fabric (usually of straw or hemp)
• mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture
• Mats, a collection of ground coverings.
• Coarse fabric, of the kind used to make mats.
• A dull surface, often used for surrounding pictures.

Verb

• twist together or entwine into a confusing mass
• change texture so as to become matted and felt-like
• present participle and gerund of mat
• present participle and gerund of matt
• present participle and gerund of matte

Examples

• His opponent was so frustrated he threatened to chew on the Scrabble board’s matting.

Synonyms

entangle, felt, felt up, mat, mat up, matt-up, matte, matte up, snarl, tangle, passe-partout

Antonyms

disentangle, unsnarl